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The Maritime & Coastguard Agency said it had received a report about the number of bottles washing up on beaches.

A spokesman said: “All shore-line or at-sea pollution should, in the first instance, be reported to the Coastguard.

“This will trigger the appropriate follow-up action to deal with the pollution and, if feasible, to identify the source.

“In general terms, it is the polluter’s responsibility to arrange – and pay for – clean-up activity but where there is no identifiable source, the clean-up falls to the local authority which technically ‘owns’ the relevant beach, coastline or harbour.”